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Volume 110, Issue 162
Friends
Grieve
For MBA
Student
By John Frank
City Editor
His name was Jan Gavenciak. Friends
called him Honza.
By all accounts, he was a thriving 25-
year-old international graduate student.
Friends said he was brilliant. He had to
be as an master’s of
business administra
tion exchange stu
dent -one of only
19 chosen for the
highly selective pro
gram at the Kenan-
Flagler Business
School.
Friends said he
was happy.
Then Gavenciak
died suspiciously
Wednesday at
Granville Towers.
Now a close-knit
group of intemation-
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MBA exchange
student
Jan Gavenciak
was studying in
Chapel Hill from
Prague.
al MBA students is
left guessing what happened before
Gavenciak’s body was found on the side
walk outside Granville Towers South.
Chapel Hill police are investigating his
death as a suicide, but those who knew
him say that’s impossible.
“He was a very happy person,” said
Patricia Collins, coordinator of the MBA
See GAVENCIAK, Page 4
UNC Offers
Resources
For Mourners
By Jennifer Johnson
Staff Writer
After an apparent suicide by a
University international student, UNC’s
Counseling and Psychological Services is
ready to listen to students who need to talk.
Officials said students who identify
themselves as friends or associates of Jan
Gavenciak, who died Wednesday after
falling from Granville Towers, can be
connected with a counselor immediately
by calling 966-3658.
Students also can visit CAPS from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays on the third floor
of the Student Health Service building
behind Kenan Stadium. Students should
call 966-2281 after regular hours.
In light of the two suicides that have
occurred in the past few months, all stu
dents are encouraged to use the same ser
vices as those who knew the deceased if
they are having suicidal thoughts.
At 12:30 p.m. Thursday, students in
the international master’s of business
administration exchange program, of
which Gavenciak was a member, met to
talk about the tragedy and to find out
about opportunities to get psychological
help from counselors.
Chancellor James Moeser sent an e-
See COUNSELING, Page 4
Counseling
■ Friends or associates can
call CAPS at 966-3658 to talk
to a counselor immediately
O ■ Students can visit CAPS
\ on the third floor of
tf Student Health, behind
UNC Hospitals near
Kenan Stadium, from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. on weekdays.
■ Call 966-2281 for after-hours help.
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Crime Statistics
Major crime in Chapel Hill decreases 10 percent
in 2002, according to police data.
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Above: Duke's Alana Beard (center) fights with UNC's Nikita Beil (left) and Candace Sutton for a loose ball
during the Blue Devils' win Thursday. Below: Beard (left) and Iciss Tillis celebrate with the "Booty Bump."
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By Tim Candon
Assistant Sports Editor
DURHAM-Without
question, Duke and North
Carolina are the top two
women’s basketball teams
in the ACC, and with the
No. 2 and No. 6 national
rankings, respectively,
there’s no room to argue
they are two of the top
teams in the country.
But on Thursday at
Cameron Indoor Stadium,
the Blue Devils showed
why they are the best team
in die conference.
A staunch defense, an
even more potent offense
and a 15-point halftime lead powered Duke to a sound
pounding of UNC, 97-63, before a sellout crowd of 9,314.
With the win, the Blue Devils increased their ACC-win
ning streak to 37, and all but wrapped up their third straight
ACC regular-season championship.
“I thought we did a tremendous job, especially on the
defensive end, and I think we set the tone early with our
defense, and we let that create some easy opportunities for us
offensively,” said Duke coach Gail Goestenkors.
The Blue Devils (25-1,13-0 in the ACC) took advantage of
the Tar Heels’ 20 turnovers by converting them into 27 points.
But when Duke setded into its half-court set, it worked the ball
around the key and almost always found an open player - the
Blue Devils shot 53.8 percent from the floor.
“I thought we worked the ball well, and when we had
good movement, I thought we had good shots and we
knocked them down,” Goestenkors said. “This was our most
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said shut down,” she
said. “Now who in the world is going to shut diem down? I
think you try to contain them a little bit, but you’re not going
to shut them down. They’re just too good.”
While it was the Blue Devils’ most complete game of the
year, it was hands-down UNC’s worst. The Tar Heels (23-3,
12-2) were held to a season-low 32 rebounds and shot an
abysmal 36 percent from the floor.
“The (UNC) team that’s ranked sixth in the nation and
won 23 ball games wasn’t here tonight,” Hatchell said. “We
can look at a lot of these things, these (statistics), and basically
we just got whipped ... embarrassed and whipped.”
But as ugly as this one got, the Tar Heels were in it for most
of the first half.
With just more than 4:30 to go, UNC was starting to pick
up momentum, and Nikita Bell’s jumper in the lane brought
See WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, Page 4
Sinking Feeling
UNC in 4th place after first
night of ACC competition. ,
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complete team effort of
the season.”
Forward Iciss Tillis got
Duke rolling out of the
gate, scoring seven of the
Blue Devils’ first 11 points
on her way to a game
high 21. Alana Beard
made another strong case
for Player of the Year,
chipping in 19 points and
four boards.
When asked if an
opponent could try to
focus on shutting down
Tillis and Beard, UNC
coach Sylvia Hatchell
scoffed.
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APS Faces Civil Suit
Over Changed Rules
Suit filed by members of local APS
By Jack Kimball
Assistant City Editor
Residents Elliot Cramer and
Judith Reitman filed a civil suit
Thursday against the Animal
Protection Society of Orange
County.
Cramer and Reitman are both
APS members. Reitman said the
suit against APS is about account
ability.
“We’re taking this action essen
tially on behalf of the animals,”
Reitman said. “It’s tragic that it had
to come to this.”
APS board of directors president
Patricia Beyle said she could not
comment on the matter yet because
she only recently had heard about
the suit.
A press release from Piedmont
Animal Welfare Society -a group
started by Cramer and Reitman
and described as an animal welfare
watchdog - stated as the reasons
for the suit, “APS’s failure to abide
by state law governing nonprofits
by taking illegal actions, conducting
fraudulent activities, and failing to
be accountable to its dues paying
members.”
Among other things, Cramer
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DTH BRIAN CASSELLA
Marine Corps reservist and sophomore chemistry major Mick
Doriani packs for his Monday deployment to Camp Lejeune.
Reserve Mobilizes
Students for War
UNC offers refund to deployed students
By Matt Saldana
Staff Writer
When Mick Doriani graduated
from high school, he believed it
was his duty to give something
back to his country.
To pay his dues for his freedoms
as an American, he decided to
enlist in the Marine Corps Reserve.
“I do feel if I’m enjoying all this
stuff I have. I’m in the most pros
perous country in the history of
the world -1... owe my time,”
Doriani said.
On Feb. 14, the sophomore
chemistry major from Charlotte
found out that he will be deployed
to Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville
on Monday. After completing
post-activation training there, he
could be sent offshore to see com
bat in a war with Iraq.
“I’m really excited about (the
deployment),” Doriani said.“ The
only part that really sucks about it
is I’m two months into my school
year and I kind of have to quit all
my classes.”
Several UNC students already
have been deployed, while others
are eligible to be activated soon.
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said, they are asking for a list of
APS members, SIO,OOO in damages
plus legal fees, the nullification of
the past board of directors elections
and an injunction against the board
going into executive session.
The plaintiffs hired Steven D.
Simpson to represent them in the
suit. Simpson stated in a press
release that “APS’s actions show
contempt for its members and pub
lic inquiry, and for the law of North
Carolina.”
The complaint filed at 3:02 p.m.
Thursday states that the defendant
unlawfully amended its bylaws to
take away APS members’ power to
select the board of directors.
The legal issue concerns the
North Carolina Nonprofit
Corporation Act, which governs
nonprofit corporations.
Board lawyer Ronald Merritt
said earlier in the week that the
board’s changes to the bylaws are
legal.
But in the complaint, Simpson
stated that it is unlawful to take
away voting rights without first let
ting the members vote on the
amendment.
See APS, Page 4
meeting, Chancellor James
Moeser mentioned two students
who have been called up from the
Marine Corps Reserve.
The chancellor also outlined
the University’s “hold harmless”
policy regarding deployed stu
dents and faculty. The policy, last
instituted for the Persian Gulf War,
refunds students all tuition and
residency fees for the semester
during which they are deployed.
“They’re not going to be any
more negatively impacted than by
the disruption itself,” said Dean
Bresciani, interim vice chancellor
for student affairs.
While many UNC students
enlisted in military programs such
as the Marine Corps Reserve face
the reality of deployment, students
enrolled in ROTC programs
through the University cannot be
deployed unless they fulfill a series
of stringent requirements.
“There’s a very small percent
age of ROTC students who even
have the opportunity to be mobi
lized,” said Capt. Craig Marks,
who helps run the University’s
Army ROTC program.
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